Black Jack Claims

The Black Jack Claims is a manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,020 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Black Jack Claims  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 39.89889, -112.70889

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Black Jack Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Jack Claims
Secondary: Morgan-Cromar Claims


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Walter Morgan


Production

Year: 1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44.8 Percent Mn
Year: 1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40.3 Percent Mn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Country Rock Strikes Nw, Dips 45 Ne


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Galena
Ore: Psilomelane


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS CITED BY PARDEC(1921, P. 209-210): BLACK JACK NO. 4 CLAIM, N-S, 6 FT. WIDE, 75 FT. LONG; BLACK JACK NO. 2 CLAIM, N-S, 45 E, 20 FT. WIDE, 30 FT. LONG; BLACK JACK CLAIM, N 35 W, 45 NE, 2-4 FT. WIDE.

Comment (Workings): BLACK JACK CLAIM, 100 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND ADIT; BLACK JACK NO. 2, INCLINE SHAFT, ADIT; BLACK JACK NO. 3, INCLINE SHAFT; BLACK JACK NO 4., SHAFT, DRIFT, PARDEE (1922); CRITTENDEN (1952, P.43); WORKINGS NOT VISTED BY UGMS DURING 1982 FIELD WORK.

Comment (Development): USBM WORK- METALLURGICAL SAMPLING, TESTING


References

Reference (Deposit): BATTY, J.V., AND R. HAVENS, 1952, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE MANGANESE ORES FROM BLACK ROCK, KRAMER, AND MORGAN-CROMAR PROPERTTICS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: USBM RI 4818

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR, 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN UTAH, IN USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 41-43.

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN UTAH, IN USGS BULL 725-C, P. 209-210.

Reference (Production): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1952, P. 43


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